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cappyme
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posted July 22, 2006 08:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cappyme     Edit/Delete Message
I usually delete forward mails, but this one is actually worth reading.

George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!


HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them "

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things. Trust in the Lord.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person , who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10 Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity.


AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


And if you don't send this to at least 8 people - who cares? But do share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each day.

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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in an attractive and a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WHOA WHAT A RIDE!!!!!"

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geminstone
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posted July 22, 2006 10:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for geminstone     Edit/Delete Message
... haaha! Love George
Thanks Cappyme...

~ geminstone

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The Mutable Night Force
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posted July 22, 2006 12:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The Mutable Night Force     Edit/Delete Message
quote:
Keep only cheerful friends.

That's a tad harsh. If everyone did that I wouldn't have any friends. haha

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cappyme
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posted July 22, 2006 01:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cappyme     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks geministone

MNF:- Aww don't say that, anyways what I took that to mean was basically to not stay around people who depress you, put you down, belittle you, but to be basically be around people who are supportive of you. Coz we all have our bad moments, noone can be cheerful all the time.

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The Mutable Night Force
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posted July 22, 2006 01:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The Mutable Night Force     Edit/Delete Message
I'm messing cappyme.
You gave very good advice actually. And I like that George Carlin thing. Although I must say I'd rather not live too long as I don't think there's much I want to accomplish in life that doesn't involve potentially breaking something and a high libido.

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